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most citedThe VISTA Variables in the Vía Láctea eXtended (VVVX) ESO public survey: Completion of the observations and legacy

38 citations · 93 across the 16 of their papers we have counts for

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16 papers

astro-ph.SR2026

Unresolved triple systems in the aged open cluster Trumpler 19: Discovery, confirmation, and implications

D. Minniti, R. K. Saito, V. D. Ivanov +31

It is difficult to identify unresolved triple and higher-order systems beyond the solar vicinity. Star clusters yield controlled environments with known physical parameters, provid…

astro-ph.SR2026

Infrared-excess sources in VVV: candidate debris discs, SED characterization, and variability analysis

P. Esteves, R. K. Saito, C. Chavero +9

Debris disks around main-sequence stars provide important insights into planetary formation and evolution; however, identifying these systems in the Galactic plane, where high inte…

astro-ph.GA2026

Chemo-dynamical stratification of the Galactic disc using \emph{Gaia}-ESO open clusters

Casmir O. Obasi, M. Gómez, J. G. Fernández-Trincado +5

Understanding how the Milky Way disc assembled and evolved requires tracing the coupled evolution of stellar chemistry and orbital structure over time. Open clusters, as coeval ste…

astro-ph.GA2025

Consensus based Algorithm for Nonparametric Detection of Star Clusters (CANDiSC)

C O Obasi, J G Fernandez Trincado, M Gomez +14

Context: The VISTA Variables in the Via Lactea (VVV) and its extension (VVVX) are near-infrared surveys mapping the Galactic bulge and adjacent disk. These data have enabled the di…

astro-ph.GA2025

The VVV near-IR galaxy catalogue of the southern Galactic disc

M. V. Alonso, L. D. Baravalle, J. L. Nilo Castellón +16

The distribution of galaxies in the Zone of Avoidance (ZoA) is incomplete due to the presence of our own Galaxy. Our research focused on the identification and characterisation of…

astro-ph.GA2025★ 1 cited

Multi-Wavelength characterization of VVVX open clusters

C. O. Obasi, E. R. Garro, J. G. Fernández-Trincado +4

Context. Large-scale surveys across wavelengths, aided by machine learning, have improved the detection of old open clusters in high-extinction Milky Way regions. Aims. We aim to c…

astro-ph.EP2024

The young exoplanetary system TOI-4562: Confirming the presence of a third body in the system

V. Fermiano, R. K. Saito, V. D. Ivanov +11

Young planetary systems represent an opportunity to investigate the early stages of (exo)planetary formation because the gravitational interactions have not yet significantly chang…

astro-ph.GA2024

VVVX survey dusts off a new intermediate-age star cluster in the Milky Way disk

E. R. Garro, D. Minniti, J. Alonso-García +5

Our primary long-term objective is to seek out additional star clusters in the poorly studied regions of the MW. The aim of this pursuit is to finalize the MG's globular and open c…

astro-ph.GA2024★ 38 cited

The VISTA Variables in the Vía Láctea eXtended (VVVX) ESO public survey: Completion of the observations and legacy

R. K. Saito, M. Hempel, J. Alonso-García +143

The ESO public survey VISTA Variables in the Vía Láctea (VVV) surveyed the inner Galactic bulge and the adjacent southern Galactic disk from . Upon its conclusion, the c…

astro-ph.SR2024★ 14 cited

The most variable VVV sources: eruptive protostars, dipping giants in the Nuclear Disc and others

P. W. Lucas, L. C. Smith, Z. Guo +16

We have performed a comprehensive search of a VISTA Variables in the Via Lactea (VVV) database of 9.5 yr light curves for variable sources with mag, aiming to provide…

astro-ph.SR2024★ 13 cited

Multi-wavelength detection of an ongoing FUOr-type outburst on a low-mass YSO

Zhen Guo, P. W. Lucas, R. G. Kurtev +13

During the pre-main-sequence evolution, Young Stellar Objects (YSOs) assemble most of their mass during the episodic accretion process. The rarely seen FUOr-type events (FUOrs) are…

astro-ph.SR2024★ 18 cited

Spectroscopic confirmation of high-amplitude eruptive YSOs and dipping giants from the VVV survey

Zhen Guo, P. W. Lucas, R. Kurtev +17

During the pre-main-sequence (pre-MS) evolution stage of a star, significant amounts of stellar mass are accreted during episodic accretion events, such as multi-decade FUor-type o…

astro-ph.GA2024★ 1 cited

New candidate hypervelocity red clump stars in the inner Galactic bulge

A. Luna, T. Marchetti, M. Rejkuba +5

We search for high-velocity stars in the inner region of the Galactic bulge using a selected sample of red clump stars. Some of those stars might be considered hypervelocity stars…

astro-ph.GA2023

The VISCACHA survey -- IX. The SMC Southern Bridge in 8D

M. C. Parisi, R. A. P. Oliveira, M. Angelo +16

The structure of the Small Magellanic Cloud (SMC) outside of its main body is characterised by tidal branches resulting from its interactions mainly with the Large Magellanic Cloud…

astro-ph.SR2020★ 8 cited

Small scale star formation as revealed by VVVX galactic cluster candidates

J. Borissova, R. Kurtev, N. Amarinho +8

We report a search and analysis of obscured cluster candidates in the "VISTA Variables in the Via Lactea eXtended (VVVX)" ESO Public Survey area encompassing the region between 229…

astro-ph.SR2017

Searching for Faint Comoving Companions to the Centauri system in the VVV Survey Infrared Images

J. C. Beamin, D. Minniti, J. B. Pullen +7

The VVV survey has observed the southern disk of the Milky Way in the near infrared, covering 240 deg in the filters. We search the VVV Survey images in a 19…